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A comment on Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf].

Re:Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf] by jeffrallen on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @05:25PM (#17298172)
Still are. But goroutines are o.k. :)
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Re:Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf] by krylon on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @09:35AM (#17302868)
From the programmer's point of view, goroutines are pretty much the same as threads.

And they allow you to make the same mistakes you can make with threads.

Don't get me wrong, I love Go. But it does not free you from having to think about what you are doing.

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Re:Why Threads Are a Bad Idea (1995) [pdf] by nine_k on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @05:36PM (#17298271)
Some think otherwise: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921761

A pretty valid critique, and a reasonable solution offered.

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